Remona vs Remus
American parents have registered 1,393 Remonas since 1880, against 956 Remuses. But in 2025 it was Remus that was commoner, 16 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Remona Remus
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 105 years in which either name was published, Remona for 54 years and Remus for 51 years. The lead changed hands 16 times.
- 1889–1927 Remus ahead
- 1928–1974 Remona ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1985–2025 Remus ahead, apart from one short spell
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Remona | Remus | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,393 | 956 |
| Most in one year | 42 | 28 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 16 |
| Estimated living today | 940 | 580 |
| Median age today | 64 | 35 |
| Peak year | 1965 | 2019 |
| Best rank | 1,741st girls | 3,794th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 5,608th |
| First recorded | 1914 | 1889 |
| Girls / boys | 1,393 / 0 | 0 / 956 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Remonas alive today are over 64; half the Remuses are over 35. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Remona and Remus.